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Pioneer Profiles: George W. Bush's $100,000 Club
 
Name: Alfred S. Austin
Occupation: President, The Austin Companies
Industry: Real Estate
Home: Tampa, Florida

 

Political Contributions:
Bush Gubernatorial Races: 
 $0
Republican Hard Money: 
$26,300
Republican Soft Money: 
$0
Democratic Hard Money: 
$0
Democratic Soft Money: 
$0
Federal PAC Hard Money:
$0
Total Contributions:
 $26,300
Soft Money from Employer:
$0
to Republicans:
$0
to Democrats:
$0
Austin is a major developer of offices and hotels along Florida’s west coast, with a major concentration of developments around Tampa’s airport. Gov. Jeb Bush appointed Austin to the board overseeing this airport after Austin served as a major fundraiser for Bush’s ’98 campaign. 
Austin is credited with recruiting Pioneer Robert Martinez for his successful run to become Florida’s first GOP governor in 20 years. Austin headed a major developer lobby initiative in the late ‘80s for a huge increase in state highway spending. Austin has been active in the Florida Council on Economic Education, which seeks to instill teachers and students with an appreciation of the market economy. The kids might find food for thought in an idea Austin’s father developed that has yet to catch on: a ready-to-eat dinner in a bottle that he called “pickled chicken.”


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